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| attorney who called witness |
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| attorney who called witness, after cross |
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| opposing attorney, after redirect |
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| attorney who called witness, after recross |
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| opposing attorney, after further redirect |
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| attorney for plaintiff on defendant |
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| court or used for noncourt proceedings |
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| a solemn or formal calling on a person's god to witness to the truth of what one says |
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| much like an oath, except that all reference to a god is omitted |
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| statements or explanations that are complete sentences |
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| question-and-answer parenthetical |
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| is considered a part of a question or answer and falls within the verbatim question or answer |
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| legal matters heard in the judge's chambers |
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| marked for identification |
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| exhibits are marked and then testimony revolves around the exhibit |
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| the Latin word for "thus" or "so" |
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| a request by an attorney for the judge to make a specific ruling or take some sort of action regarding the request |
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| made at the outset of a trial in an attempt to supress damaging or inadmissible evidence |
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| motion for a Bill of Particulars |
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| a detailed account of the charges made against the defendant |
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| motion to have claimant medically examined |
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| attorney wishes to have a claimant examined by an impartial medical expert |
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| motion for a change of venue |
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| motion to have the place where the case is tried, moved |
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| motion for continuance of case |
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| a request to postpone the trial until a later date or court session |
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| motion for amendment of the pleadings |
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| addition or deletion of parties to an action or severance of defendants from jointly tried cases |
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| motion for summary judgment |
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| motion: either party decides that no real issue of fact is to be decided at trial. Request the Court to grand judgment in favor of the party filing the motion. |
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| motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction |
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| motion: defendant feels as though the Court does not have the proper authority to hear or decide a case |
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| A plaintiff's motion requesting the Court to dismiss the case either with prejudice or without prejudice |
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| the plaintiff cannot again file the same cause of action |
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| the plaintiff may later refile the same action |
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| motion for protective order |
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| motion: asks the Court to allow one side to hold back temporarily from showing the other side certain documents or other things about the case |
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| motion is filed to require the opposing party to perform some act |
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| a judicial order to someone holding a person to bring that person to court |
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| motion for Writ of Habeas Corpus |
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| motion: inquires as to the reason for detention of a defendant and obtaining his or her release if it is deemed illegal |
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| the judge ends the trial and declares that it will have no legal effect on either party |
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| motion made requesting a setting aside of the verdict |
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| procedural guidelines by which attorneys and the judge conduct the litigation processes |
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| includes all the means by which any alleged matter of fact is established or disproved |
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| leading and suggestive questions |
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| questions clearly "suggest" to the witness the answer desired by counsel |
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| when a witness does not clearly respond to the question asked or when the witness volunteers statements |
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| lack of proper foundation |
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| no proper foundation has been laid for the question |
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| objection called when an attorney assumes facts that are not in evidence |
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| evidence speaks for itself |
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| objection is used when a counsel may try to adduce lengthy explanations concerning material that is readily descernible from documents or photographs |
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